Catching Up With CUB

Daniel catches up with Maria Bellissimo-Magrin, Founder of Belgrin, who combines her love of design and business experience to help companies use their brand and marketing to build the best creative visual-identities in their industry.

In this episode, Maria discusses what she's done to overcome her biggest challenges, how understanding the value she's offering lead to her success and talks about the strategies every company should use to future-proof their brand.

Daniel catches up with Rick Williams, Owner of Platform 24. With over a decade of experience, Platform 24 is a Sydney IT solutions provider, specialising in end-to-end cyber security and support, ensuring that businesses have the best procedures and tools to be protected in this new digital environment.

Combining his unique background in teaching and IT, Rick discusses how business owners can overcome the challenges of cyber security, how to find balance and build trust with new and existing team members, and why creating a stand-out brand has led to his continued success in a competitive industry.

Daniel catches up with Andrew Baxter, Founder of 24hr Business Plan. As former CEO of two of the country's biggest communications agencies, Publicis and Ogilvy, Andrew was involved in iconic projects such as AAMI's 'Rhonda & Ketut' & Coca Cola's 'Share a Coke' campaign.

With his extensive career background, Andrew shares the principles every business needs to create a world leading brand, how to service customers at every step of their journey, and what components are essential for an effective business plan.

Daniel catches up with Brady Yoshia, Founder of Brady Marcs Buyers Advisory. With offices in Sydney & Canberra, the buyers agency is serving new and experienced homeowners with a dedicated, professional, and unified team who are committed to helping them find their dream home or investment property.

With years of business and real estate experience, Brady shares her entrepreneurial journey, from team building to overcoming her worst business challenges, special insights into Australia's current real estate market, and how her success has impacted her as a mother.

Daniel catches up with Ryan Jones, Managing Director of Ryan Jones Building Co, whose mission is to serve families and build them the highest-quality boutique homes to enjoy for generations.

Daniel and Ryan discuss insights on starting a business with no experience, how to find existing processes to gain an edge in your industry, and how to build trust with your clients and your team.

Daniel catches up with Robbie Allison, Managing Director of QualityVend and Director at Blackroo Industries, where he gives a second chance Indigenous youth, provides financial support to disadvantaged communities, and supply's Australia with the best vending machines in the country.

Robbie and Daniel discuss the importance of every team member having a known progression plan and clear vision of the company's future as well as how profitable companies can also have a strong social purpose.

Daniel catches up with Mona Chiha, Co-Founder of Capital & Centric Funding. Building a smart solution that analyses behavioural spend and other factors to create borrowers' profiles, CCF is a credit provider that aims to streamline and automate the lending process for small to medium loans in Australia.

Daniel and Mona talk about the significance of community to a successful life, both personal and professional, and discuss the commonalities between motherhood and leadership that we can all learn from.

Daniel catches up with Scott Baker, Founder & CEO of Baker Group. After choosing a trade over school and joining the family business soon after, Scott decided to go out on his own at 25. Only 4 years later, Scott has now expanded the company nationally, servicing hospitality and catering groups such as Sofitel & Merivale across NSW, QLD, VIC & SA.

Daniel and Scott speak about the challenges of starting a business at a young age, the importance of confidence in your service & strategy and discuss how great team culture is the key to successful business growth.

Daniel catches up with Kevin Lerdwichagul, CEO of Glitch Productions. Starting the business from their parents' garage, Kevin and his brother grew the animation studio's Youtube channel to 7million subscribers, 100 Million monthly viewers and a team of 30 in just 5 years.

Daniel and Kevin discuss how to create superfans for you and your business through relevant content, why Youtube is the best platform to do so and review everything you need to know to build a successful Youtube channel.

Daniel catches up with Gael Donnay, Managing Director of Stepinsight. Feeling inspired by Australia's entrepreneurial culture after immigrating from Belgium, Gael left the corporate world to start software development company Stepinsight. Working with all business stages and sizes, Gael and his team create cutting-edge software solutions and help companies navigate through their digital transformation.

Daniel and Gael look at the software development process for building an App, things to know & mistakes to avoid, and the pros and cons of onshore vs offshore services.